In a new study published this week in the journal Nature, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom combined fossil records with a new model of flight to measure flight efficiency in pterosaurs and fill in gaps in our knowledge of their evolutionary story. The scientists were able to …
Read More »Pigeons May Share Human Ability to Build on Work of Others
A team of researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology has shown that the elements of the capacity of humans to build on the work of others may also be present in homing pigeons (Columba livia). Single flying pigeon. Image credit: Takao Sasaki. The ability to gather, pass …
Read More »Ability to Distinguish Objects in Peripheral Vision Varies between Individuals, Study Finds
New research led by University College London, UK, shows that on average we are worse at spotting objects in crowded environments when they are above or below eye level, although the extent to which this happens varies between individuals: some people are better at spotting things above their center of …
Read More »Genetic Researchers Predict Children’s Reading Ability from DNA
An international team of scientists from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Sweden has used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone. Calculating an individual’s GPS requires information from a genome-wide association study that finds specific genetic variants linked to particular traits. …
Read More »Frogs Have Unique Ability to See Color in Extreme Darkness, Study Shows
Frogs have the ability to see color even when it is so dark that humans are not able to see anything at all, according to a new study published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. According to Yovanovich et al, frogs can see color in extreme …
Read More »Ability 3D promises to let hobbyists print with metal
LAS VEGAS — Printing metal has been one of the holy grails of 3D printing. For the most part, printed prototype parts are made of plastic or other soft materials. That greatly limits their use in many production applications. Unless you pony up for a bank-vault-sized unit that can print metal …
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